diff --git a/cfg/std.cfg b/cfg/std.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5b7d4d415
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cfg/std.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<def>
+  <memory>
+    <dealloc>free</dealloc>
+
+    <alloc init="false">malloc</alloc>
+    <alloc init="true">calloc</alloc>
+    <alloc init="true">strdup</alloc>
+    <alloc init="true">strndup</alloc>
+  </memory>
+
+  <resource>
+    <dealloc>fclose</dealloc>
+    <alloc init="false">fopen</alloc>
+  </resource>
+</def>
+
diff --git a/cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp b/cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp
index fa4f31a47..236f74b05 100644
--- a/cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp
+++ b/cli/cppcheckexecutor.cpp
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ int CppCheckExecutor::check(int argc, const char* const argv[])
     Settings& settings = cppCheck.settings();
     _settings = &settings;
 
+    settings.library.load(argv[0], "std");
+
     if (!parseFromArgs(&cppCheck, argc, argv)) {
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
diff --git a/gui/mainwindow.cpp b/gui/mainwindow.cpp
index 408127ba6..15e51c003 100644
--- a/gui/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/gui/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -516,6 +516,9 @@ Settings MainWindow::GetCppcheckSettings()
 {
     Settings result;
 
+    const QString applicationFilePath = QCoreApplication::applicationFilePath();
+    result.library.load(applicationFilePath.toLatin1(), "std");
+
     // If project file loaded, read settings from it
     if (mProject) {
         ProjectFile *pfile = mProject->GetProjectFile();
diff --git a/lib/library.cpp b/lib/library.cpp
index c2451b6e9..904fc9100 100644
--- a/lib/library.cpp
+++ b/lib/library.cpp
@@ -17,20 +17,14 @@
  */
 
 #include "library.h"
+#include "path.h"
 #include "tinyxml2.h"
 
+#include <string>
+#include <algorithm>
+
 Library::Library() : allocid(0)
 {
-    while (!ismemory(++allocid));
-    _alloc["malloc"] = allocid;
-    _alloc["calloc"] = allocid;
-    _alloc["strdup"] = allocid;
-    _alloc["strndup"] = allocid;
-    _dealloc["free"] = allocid;
-
-    while (!isresource(++allocid));
-    _alloc["fopen"] = allocid;
-    _dealloc["fclose"] = allocid;
 }
 
 Library::Library(const Library &lib) :
@@ -43,7 +37,6 @@ Library::Library(const Library &lib) :
     _dealloc(lib._dealloc),
     _noreturn(lib._noreturn)
 {
-
 }
 
 Library::~Library() { }
@@ -65,19 +58,27 @@ bool Library::load(const char exename[], const char path[])
         return ret;
     }
 
+    // open file..
     FILE *fp = fopen(path, "rt");
     if (fp == NULL) {
-        std::string fullpath(exename);
-        if (fullpath.find_first_of("/\\") != std::string::npos)
-            fullpath = fullpath.substr(0, 1U + fullpath.find_last_of("/\\"));
-        fullpath += path;
-        fp = fopen(fullpath.c_str(), "rt");
-        if (fp == NULL) {
-            fullpath += ".cfg";
-            fp = fopen(fullpath.c_str(), "rt");
-            if (fp == NULL)
-                return false;
+        // failed to open file.. is there no extension?
+        std::string fullfilename(path);
+        if (Path::getFilenameExtension(fullfilename) == "") {
+            fullfilename += ".cfg";
+            fp = fopen(fullfilename.c_str(), "rt");
         }
+
+        if (fp==NULL) {
+            // Try to locate the library configuration in the installation folder..
+            std::string temp = exename;
+            std::replace(temp.begin(), temp.end(), '\\', '/');
+            const std::string installfolder = Path::getPathFromFilename(temp);
+            const std::string filename = installfolder + "cfg/" + fullfilename;
+            fp = fopen(filename.c_str(), "rt");
+        }
+
+        if (fp == NULL)
+            return false;
     }
 
     if (doc.LoadFile(fp) != tinyxml2::XML_NO_ERROR)
diff --git a/lib/library.h b/lib/library.h
index 043398edc..146aa51d2 100644
--- a/lib/library.h
+++ b/lib/library.h
@@ -48,6 +48,15 @@ public:
         return getid(_dealloc, name);
     }
 
+    /** set allocation id for function */
+    void setalloc(const std::string &functionname, int id) {
+        _alloc[functionname] = id;
+    }
+
+    void setdealloc(const std::string &functionname, int id) {
+        _dealloc[functionname] = id;
+    }
+
     /** is allocation type memory? */
     static bool ismemory(int id) {
         return ((id > 0) && ((id & 1) == 0));
diff --git a/test/testleakautovar.cpp b/test/testleakautovar.cpp
index 2f9d20107..d2945e97a 100644
--- a/test/testleakautovar.cpp
+++ b/test/testleakautovar.cpp
@@ -111,6 +111,13 @@ private:
 
         // Tokenize..
         Settings settings;
+        int id = 0;
+        while (!settings.library.ismemory(++id));
+        settings.library.setalloc("malloc",id);
+        settings.library.setdealloc("free",id);
+        while (!settings.library.isresource(++id));
+        settings.library.setalloc("fopen",id);
+        settings.library.setdealloc("fclose",id);
         Tokenizer tokenizer(&settings, this);
         std::istringstream istr(code);
         tokenizer.tokenize(istr, "test.c");